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Give Thanks - November Gallery - 2025

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                      Charlotte Smith, Turtle in Hats , November 2025, watercolor, each 4x4” Note: I’ve been painting a series of turtle portraits, adding hats just for fun—all small paintings.   Charlotte Smith, McKenna and Zella , November 2025, watercolor, 13.5x11.5” I am considering this my second draft—still working out colors for face shadows.    Michele Gentile, Swezey Summer , November 2025, oil, 9x12” Note: The Swezey Avey house is a historic site on Long Island. I liked the way the light was showcasing the foliage.   Michele Gentile, September Dune - Heckscher Park , November 2025, oil, 9x12” Note: Here the vegetation was showing the mix of summer into fall.     Michele Gentile, Daisy Dukes , November 2025, oil, 9x12”    Heather McMillan @hurdurrrrrrr on Instagram   Chelsea Bielecki, Winnie the Star Gazing Winnie the Pooh & Gang , water...

Harvest - September and October Gallery - 2025

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    Michele Gentile, Scruff McDuff , October 2025, oil on stretched canvas, 9"x12"       Susan Borgatti,  Miniature Cut Paper Landscapes , October 2025, cut paper, glue - all 3.5” x 2.5" Clockwise from top left: Gayhead Light at the Cliffs of Aquinnah, California Poppies Superbloom, Cape Cod Cranberry Bog, Great Smoky Mountains Sunset These landscapes were created for a ‘Hand-cut Paper Landscapes’ swap I joined. I picked four of my favorite places as inspiration. I sketched them out beforehand, but they were more time consuming (and sticky!) to execute than anticipated.     Susan Borgatti,  Feathers Series 2 , October 2025, watercolor and ink - 8x10” I find painting feathers very relaxing. I prefer to use highly pigmented, vibrant watercolors, and I do them in three layers - an initial outline, light coloring of the feather, once dry, an additional watercolor layer to add more color, lastly adding details with ink (gel pens and finalizers)...